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A64760 The dovvnfall of the pretended divine authoritie of the hierarchy into the Sea of Rome from some arguments and motives, to the finall extirpation of that unlawful government of the prelacy : as having no foundation in the Scriptures, but onely in that filthy dung-hill of by V.N.V. V. N. V. 1641 (1641) Wing V14; ESTC R1331 28,994 45

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cutting of cares and noses and brands Ergo unlawfull V. Those officers whose names offices and practises are deriyed from Antichrist and serve principally to uphold and propagate his Kingdome ought not to governe the Church the Spouse of Christ who will not have her ruled by such as live by the vices of men and hyre of whores commutations of pennance selling of sins and giving libertie to all licentiousnesse But Archbishops Diocesan Bishops Deanes Archdeacons Chancellours Officialls c. their names offices and practises are such as in one word appeares in that they have their foundation in that filthy dunghill of the Canon law and thence their practises Ex mero officio are onely warranted to uphold and propagate the Kingdome of Antichrist and bring in Popery againe Neither can any thing be produced for a Diocesan Bishop and Church but from the same ground will arise an Universall Church and Bishop they stand upon one Antichristian foundation which makes the Prelates and their officers love the Papists so well Ergo they ought not to governe the Church the Spouse of Christ VI. Those officers in the Church whose offices and government from the foundation and very nature of their offices doe waste and overthrow the principall functions of the Church and offices of Christ are not of Christ but of Antichrist But such are the offices of Archbishops Diocesan Bishops c. and the rest of that rable Ergo not of Christ but of Antichrist The Major I suppose no sound Protestant will deny The Minor proposition is that must abide all the battery from the lofty Prelacy their forts and mounts of molehill-authoritie but in the skirmish we shall finde them all in a confusion flourishing their colours and drawing forth and mounting their Canons and playing and discharging upon their own Canon Law as if they seemed to batter their owne foundation like cunning Fencers that make a flourish on the stage and seeme to knocke downe one another but 't is a point of art to maintaine the trade but as soone as the fury is over we shall finde them with their Canons drawne into their old fortification and upon the next advantage in the field againe and at their old work and battery at the foundations of the Church with greater fury it being the very nature of their office so to doe yea if God prevent not now by the diligent hand of this honourable Parliament to mount their Canons and Canon Law to such a height as to batter at the Royall Authoritie Parliamentary priviledges and Subjects liberties to make havock of all and bring in and erect a papall forreigne Jurisdiction in this Land againe There be two maine Branches of our Minor proposition Two branches of the Minor that the offices and government of the Hierarchy 1. from the foundation of 2. from the very nature of their offices and government doe waste and overthrow the functions of the Church and offices of Christ we will demonstrate 1. First branch That it is founded in the Canon Law what their offices are and how to be exercised in such practices as uphold and propagate the Kingdome of Antichrist read Angelus de Clansio and other Canonists where you may see their warrant for their offices and practices in their government to which upon all occasions they have their recourse in any difficultie and fetch their dark light in stead of the Scriptures So as when a new Prelate a new Archdeacon or a new Chancellour comes into his new office like a fresh man the inferiour officers that be old practicioners in that Law must instruct him in any matter of difficulty falling out in his government after that Law by which all must be ordered and that it is true that the Canon Law is the foundation of their offices and government See a book compiled out of the Canon Law and entituled Reformatio Legum Ecclesiasticarum Printed 1571 and now of late reprinted and allowed by Authoritie and in he Preface of the said book it is confessed that the Canon Law of Popish government was still retained in England to that day and so is to this Now what this Canon Law is appeares by the Law it selfe to be nothing else but the Lawes and Decrees of the Popes of Rome and their authoritie point blanck opposite to the Lawes of God in generall and the Lawes of Christ for governing his Church in speciall and to our Kings prerogative royall and lawes of the Land And 't is a wonder how this Canon Law branded and abolished by so many Statutes and Acts of Parliament should be suffered to be exercised in this Land without as Lawyers say the incutring of a Praemunire being a Law of forreigne and Papall Jurisdiction abolished by the Stat. of 4. Edw. 6. cap. 11. 1 Eliz. cap. 5. 5. Eliz. cap. 1.23 and others And how this usurped government is growne to an insufferable height overtopping all authoritie religion and liberties I leave to the learned in the Lawes and grave judgements of this honourable Parliament We come then to the second branch of our proposition that it is from the very nature of their offices Second branch that they waste and overthrow the sunctions of the Church and offices of Christ meerly from that their foundation and warrant in the Canon Law of their practices in all they doe in their offices as before Now the nature of every thing is best tryed and seene in the things which issue from it as the proper works and actions of every function springing from the roote and foundation as giving Lawes for warrant and commission so vigour and life for execution and from thence we shall see as in a Prospect through their practices so warranted into the nature of their offices and whether they waste the Church and overthrow the offices of Christ or no. The principail sunctions of the Church are 1. Foure maine functions of the Church the word 2. prayer 3. Sacraments 4. discipline all which like the mother that old withered wrinckled faced whore of Rome they have most foully adulterated and filthily polluted 1. For the word 't is the very nature of their offices 1 The World flowing in through their so warranted practices to mix and mingle it with mens inventions and shut their eyes against the Scriptures brightnesse tell one of these Prelates of warrant from the word and he will give you such a learned answer as would make his horse breake his halter if he knew how unmercifull his Master were to his beast as to question what warrant he hath from the word to give him a peck of Oats An argument from Scripture sets them all in a rage such an antipathy there is between the word and the very nature of their offices 2. They corrupt the word with false doctrines from their Canons Books of Articles and Homilies writings and preachings wherewith the Pulpits sound alowd throughout the Land 3. Their offices are to cause the